# N40072: 2025 Spirit Engineering SE-1

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Spirit Engineering SE-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/spirit-engineering-se-1) (registry code 06001DP, 1 seats)
- Engine: [Spirit ENG SPIRIT V2](https://openairdocs.org/engine/spirit-eng-spirit-v2) (registry code 59980)
- Serial number: 007
- Year built: 2025
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Light sport, airplane
- Airworthiness date: October 1, 2025
- Certificate issued: November 30, 2025
- Expires: November 30, 2032
- Mode S code: A4B009
- Registered owner: [Mcknight Thomas N](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MCKNIGHT%20THOMAS%20N)
- Location: [Fredericksburg, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fredericksburg)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 30.2918° N, 98.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78624, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=40072
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40072

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Spirit Engineering SE-1)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Spirit ENG SPIRIT V2)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N40072.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N40072.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N40072

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N40072 before.

- [Cancelled 2020-02-28](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40072-2020-02-28): Beech UC-45J, S/N 039258, built 1945. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Zbierski Hank F](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ZBIERSKI%20HANK%20F), [Lake Geneva, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Lake%20Geneva)

## Related

- Other Spirit Engineering SE-1 aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/spirit-engineering-se-1/aircraft.md
- The Spirit ENG SPIRIT V2 engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/spirit-eng-spirit-v2.md

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